Henry Clinton Parkhurst collection, 1862-1921.

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Henry Clinton Parkhurst collection, 1862-1921.

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This collection is of particular interest for its Civil War materials, items related to the author Joaquin Miller, and Parkhurst's accounts of life in an Iowa soldiers' home. The collection is made up almost entirely of scrapbooks which contain correspondence, photographs, published and unpublished writings, articles and clippings. The correspondence includes letters to and from several notable people including General Rosecrans, Joaquin Miller and his wife and Mark Twain. In addition to the correspondence the scrapbooks include: title pages from several of Parkhurst's literary works; accounts of travels to Cuba, London and Paris; manuscripts and articles on general interest topics such as American filibusters, the Civil War, World War I, Mormons, and Latin America; notes related to publishers and his publications; accounts of life at the Marshalltown Soldiers' Home (1912-1913); poems; and a series of reminiscences of LeClaire, Iowa published in the Davenport Democrat in 1910. The collection also includes artifacts from the Civil War and Andersonville Prison; an autographed copy of the 1871 edition of Joaquin Miller's Songs of the Sierras; a copy of Parkhurst's 1898 historical novel based on the Black Hawk War, A Military Belle; a postscript to Parkhurst's Songs of a Man who Failed (published in 1921); and a copy of the 1879 book The San Francisco Chronicle and its history (which may have been co-authored by Parkhurst). Photographs in the collection include those of prominent Civil War soldiers and members of Parkhurst's regiment.

3 linear ft. (6 boxes)

Iowa State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7763784

Iowa State Historical Society

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

United States. Army. Iowa Infantry Regiment, 16th (1861-1865). Company C

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Rosecrans, William S. (William Starke), 1819-1898

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General during the Civil War; congressman from California (1881-1885); U.S. Register of the Treasury (1885-1893). From the description of Papers, 1864-1895. (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 24039377 William Starke Rosecrans was an inventor, coal-oil company executive, diplomat, politician, and United States Army officer during the Civil War. He was the victor at prominent Western Theater battles such as Second Corinth, Stones River, and the Tullahoma Campaign,...

Rollins, Clinton, 1844-1933

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Parkhurst was a soldier, correspondent and writer from LeClaire, Iowa. At the age of 15 he enlisted with the 16th Iowa Infantry, Company C. During his service he spent 7 months in the Confederate prison at Andersonville. After his discharge he returned to LeClaire and worked as a correspondent for the Davenport Democrat. He later went west, settling in San Francisco where he worked with various newspapers. He also worked for papers in Kansas, Oklahoma and Illinois and wrote poetry and fiction. S...

Iowa Soldiers' Home (Marshalltown, Iowa)

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Andersonville Prison

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Parkhurst, Henry Clinton, 1844-1933.

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Miller, Joaquin, 1837-1913

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Joaquin Miller, born Cincinnatus Heine Miller and known as the "poet of the Sierras," was a Calif. poet and playwright. Beginning in 1886, he built and lived in a home on his estate, "The Hights"[sic], in the hills above Oakland. From the description of Joaquin Miller letter : Dimond, Calif., to Mr. Stone: ALS 1905 May 11. (California Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 122558852 Born Cincinnatus Heine (or Hiner) Miller on September 8, 1837, near Liberty, Indiana. In 18...